Mildred Mae Hefner

Friday

Feb 15, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Mildred Mae (Wolfgang) Hefner, 91, of Doylestown, and formerly of Saylorsburg, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at her daughter's home in Chalfont. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank A. Hefner, who passed away in 2003.

Born March 4, 1921 in Klingerstown, she was a daughter of the late Harry L. and Frances E. (Adams) Wolfgang.

She graduated from the Tressler Lutheran Home High School in 1939 and from the School of Nursing Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia in 1942. Mildred was employed as a registered nurse working at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and for Dr. Mogil, urologist, both of Philadelphia. She retired in 1983.

She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Brodheadsville.

Surviving are three children, Frank D. Hefner and his wife, Anne, of Avon, Conn., Allen J. Hefner and his wife, Jodie, of Norristown, and Carolyn A. Crugnale and her husband, James, of Chalfont; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Patricia Wolfgang; as well as nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Kenneth H. Wolfgang and James L. Wolfgang.

Viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, 1133 Ridge Road, Klingerstown, where the funeral service will follow at noon. Interment will be in Jacob's Cemetery, Pitman.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at CFF C/O M. Hefner, 178 Sleighride Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090.